“The killing of nine African-Americans in Charleston, South Carolina was wrong, but gunman Dylann Roof had some legitimate reasons for his actions, US conservative activist group the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC) spokesperson Jared Taylor said on Monday, according to media reports.”

“‘We of course categorically condemn his act, but that doesn't mean his motives weren't entirely legitimate,’ Taylor was quoted as saying by ABC News.

The shooter reportedly relied on the CofCC’s distorted data on African-American rapists to partially validate his actions.

‘Even as we're speaking right now, a white woman is probably being raped by a black man. If we're going to have any kind of honest discussion of race in this country, you're going to have to talk about black-on-white violence.’”